Geohot jailbreaks PS3 3.55 (video), Sony responds to hacks

James Delahunty
7 Jan 2011 9:49

Homebrew-loving PS3 owners will be happy to hear the news that George Hotz has "jailbroken" firmware 3.55 on the PlayStation 3 (PS3) console.
He updated his geohot.com website with a single line of text saying just "I made a video". A click on the video link takes you to YouTube to a video he uploaded himself titled, "Jailbroken PS3 3.55 with Homebrew".
In the video he boots a console running stock 3.55 firmware with no modifications to LV2 (with a warning not to patch LV2 or you will brick your console) and notes that there is no USB dongle plugged into the system. He says he ran an lv2diag earlier that added Install PGK (package) files and added a modified NAS Plugin to the flash to ensure the PKG's signature is not checked.
He then installs a PKG that he made earlier and proceeds to boot up "Geohot does homebrew", a simple "Supp daug, it's geohot" message. No files are available to download just yet to do this yourself but most sources are expecting something soon.

Sony's silence after the leaking of the METLDR key and other recent developments was finally broken by the consumer electronics giant yesterday. The PlayStation-maker told EDGE that it was planning to address the problems with updates, but declined to be more specific.
"We are aware of this, and are currently looking into it," Sony said in a statement. "We will fix the issues through network updates, but because this is a security issue, we are not able to provide you with any more details."
However, it is the opinion of fail0verflow member pytey, as told to BBC News, that the console is completely compromised and there is no way back. "The only way to fix this is to issue new hardware. Sony will have to accept this."